January 24, 2025 • 4 mins
Lima Utilities Department dealing with water main breaks and frozen pipes
Central Avenue upgrades begin Monday
Findlay Police still trying to figure our what happened in death Kathleen Spiegel
Stellantis to invest in Toledo plants
Bird Flu leads to more than 2 million birds killed
Central Avenue upgrades begin Monday
Findlay Police still trying to figure our what happened in death Kathleen Spiegel
Stellantis to invest in Toledo plants
Bird Flu leads to more than 2 million birds killed
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The bitter cold weather this week has cost a lot
of work for the City of Lima Utilities department. Utilities
Director of Mike Caprella says that there were three water
main breaks in the city and about one hundred and
twenty individual line freeze ups. He says the number of
main breaks is not as bad as they anticipated, but
the number of homes experiencing freeze ups was higher than
(00:22):
they expected. Caprella says the area that is susceptible to
freezing is the pipe that brings the water into the residence.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Usually it's right in the area. That's where or your
water meters at the and they're right away. Help by
the street. Yeah, usually that's where they where they freeze up.
And we'll go. We don't put a little heat in there.
It takes a lot falls it out.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Caprella also said there were four crews working deep into
the evening Wednesday night to repair all the issues in
the city.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
The guys that'll work because they had a quat get
in there. You know, that's tough, you know, work outside
down that ole cold water.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Apprella reminds residents to leave a faucet slightly open with
a small stream of water during extremely cold temperatures. A
major street project begins in Lima on Monday. Central Avenue
between Elm Street and North Street will close Monday for
about eight months for a streetscape project. The project aims
to improve the safety and accessibility of the one way,
(01:25):
two lane street by transforming it to one lane with
a bike lane and reverse angle parking. Access to local
businesses and property along Central Avenue will be maintained a
majority of the time during construction. Police and Findlay are
continuing their investigation after a seventy six year old woman
was found dead on her son's porch Wednesday morning. Inside
(01:48):
the home, police found Kathleen Spiegel's son, Gary Spiegel, who
had injuries to his face. Police say Gary's injuries came
from a fight with his brother, David Spiegel, who lived
across the street with his mud. Police say they do
not know why the two brothers were fighting, but Gary
told police that David had stabbed him. Findley Police Lieutenant
(02:08):
Andrew Welch says they're trying to figure out the timeline
of events right now.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
We have so many unknowns, especially with the deceased female.
The autopsy is going to give us a lot of information.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
I hope.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
So we're kind of waiting on the autopsy to come
back to provide us a little bit more of an
understanding as to what happened.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
David Spiegel is in custody at the Hancock County Justice
Center for Domestic Violence. Gary was taken to the hospital
with non life threatening injuries. Stalantis is investing in the
Toledo area with plans to reopen one of its plants.
The United Auto Workers says the automaker is committed to
increase component production at Toledo Machining. This comes after the
(02:54):
supplier laid off one hundred workers back in twenty twenty three.
Bird flu is having a big impact act on the
poultry and egg industry here in Ohio, specifically in the
Miami Valley. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has confirmed that
nearly two million commercial chickens and more than seventy thousand
commercial turkeys and Dark and Mercer Counties had to be
killed after they tested positive for the illness earlier this month.
(03:18):
That's in addition to the nearly one million chickens that
were depopulated in Dark County back in December. The Ohio
Department of Health has confirmed that No human cases of
avian flu have been found in the state so far,
and con artists are trying to take advantage of people
during this cold snap. People across the country are reporting
getting calls from someone claiming to be from the power company,
(03:40):
threatening to turn their power off if they don't follow instructions.
The Better Business Bureau says these types of unsolicited calls
are almost always scams. They recommend hanging up and calling
your utility company directly to find out exactly what your
situation is. That's the news you need this morning. More
available at our way website thanks to Citizens National Bank.
(04:02):
Stay with US weather, traffic, and sports It ahead on
this Friday edition of Lima's Morning News on eleven fifty
wy m A
The bitter cold weather this week has cost a lot
of work for the City of Lima Utilities department. Utilities
Director of Mike Caprella says that there were three water
main breaks in the city and about one hundred and
twenty individual line freeze ups. He says the number of
main breaks is not as bad as they anticipated, but
the number of homes experiencing freeze ups was higher than
(00:22):
they expected. Caprella says the area that is susceptible to
freezing is the pipe that brings the water into the residence.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Usually it's right in the area. That's where or your
water meters at the and they're right away. Help by
the street. Yeah, usually that's where they where they freeze up.
And we'll go. We don't put a little heat in there.
It takes a lot falls it out.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Caprella also said there were four crews working deep into
the evening Wednesday night to repair all the issues in
the city.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
The guys that'll work because they had a quat get
in there. You know, that's tough, you know, work outside
down that ole cold water.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Apprella reminds residents to leave a faucet slightly open with
a small stream of water during extremely cold temperatures. A
major street project begins in Lima on Monday. Central Avenue
between Elm Street and North Street will close Monday for
about eight months for a streetscape project. The project aims
to improve the safety and accessibility of the one way,
(01:25):
two lane street by transforming it to one lane with
a bike lane and reverse angle parking. Access to local
businesses and property along Central Avenue will be maintained a
majority of the time during construction. Police and Findlay are
continuing their investigation after a seventy six year old woman
was found dead on her son's porch Wednesday morning. Inside
(01:48):
the home, police found Kathleen Spiegel's son, Gary Spiegel, who
had injuries to his face. Police say Gary's injuries came
from a fight with his brother, David Spiegel, who lived
across the street with his mud. Police say they do
not know why the two brothers were fighting, but Gary
told police that David had stabbed him. Findley Police Lieutenant
(02:08):
Andrew Welch says they're trying to figure out the timeline
of events right now.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
We have so many unknowns, especially with the deceased female.
The autopsy is going to give us a lot of information.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
I hope.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
So we're kind of waiting on the autopsy to come
back to provide us a little bit more of an
understanding as to what happened.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
David Spiegel is in custody at the Hancock County Justice
Center for Domestic Violence. Gary was taken to the hospital
with non life threatening injuries. Stalantis is investing in the
Toledo area with plans to reopen one of its plants.
The United Auto Workers says the automaker is committed to
increase component production at Toledo Machining. This comes after the
(02:54):
supplier laid off one hundred workers back in twenty twenty three.
Bird flu is having a big impact act on the
poultry and egg industry here in Ohio, specifically in the
Miami Valley. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has confirmed that
nearly two million commercial chickens and more than seventy thousand
commercial turkeys and Dark and Mercer Counties had to be
killed after they tested positive for the illness earlier this month.
(03:18):
That's in addition to the nearly one million chickens that
were depopulated in Dark County back in December. The Ohio
Department of Health has confirmed that No human cases of
avian flu have been found in the state so far,
and con artists are trying to take advantage of people
during this cold snap. People across the country are reporting
getting calls from someone claiming to be from the power company,
(03:40):
threatening to turn their power off if they don't follow instructions.
The Better Business Bureau says these types of unsolicited calls
are almost always scams. They recommend hanging up and calling
your utility company directly to find out exactly what your
situation is. That's the news you need this morning. More
available at our way website thanks to Citizens National Bank.
(04:02):
Stay with US weather, traffic, and sports It ahead on
this Friday edition of Lima's Morning News on eleven fifty
wy m A
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